Suboxone for a week

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I have been on Suboxonefor 6 almost 7 years now. I have (2) 8mg strips left and I am unable to go to another doctor. How can I get off without going thru major withdrawal symptoms? I have a week vacation from work that I will take full advantage of.

Been on subs for about 6 months and tapered down to a half a pill (2mg) a day. Finally finished the last one and I got the flu. Its going around my job and my home. Then I realized something. When I went through withdrawl from oxys, It felt like the flu. (Weak body, sick to stomach). Im going through withddrawl. been four days now. feel a little better. I'm going to ride it out.

My sister is addicted to pain killers and has an appointment next week at asuboxone clinic to seek help but just found out that she is pregnant. What will happen? Is there anything like suboxones for her to take to help or are suboxones safe?

Is it possible for one to take suboxone for just a few days to get "through the withdraws" from hydrocodone abuse, like 300mg a day use.? any one have any ideas. I was thinking of talking about 1 8 mg sub in the morning first day(after 24 hours of with drawl) and 4 mg in the morning and 4 at nigh for the next day then 4 mg in the morning and 2 mg at night then then just stopping all together? so a total of 3 days of suboxone to get through the worst of the withdrawals.

Now I take suboxone 5 days aweek and 2 days aweek I'll go through 50 percf 10mgs. My question is IF I can stay on the Suboxone how long should I be on it before I can wean myself off of the suboxone and be drug free ???

I have been off Suboxonefor 1 week now. My Dr had had prescribed a 2 week withdrawal script but I am unable to take this due to a court ordered program. This Drug Court has said I MUST be clean from this and any other drugs by Nov. 2nd. I've signed my life away to do this so I MUST be clean.
Questions:
1.How long will this stay in my system? I had tested positive after taking no Suboxone for 3 days. The court said I should have been negative. They have given me 2 weeks to do this.

about five months ago I found a doctor that prescribed me suboxonefor my withdrawls. I recently moved back to new york, and after i moved back to ny i find out my insurance did not cover my suboxone so i owe 400+ dollars. I cannot afford to keep paying for it, and have had SO much trouble finding a doctor up here who can prescribe it but I have had no luck. I have been thinking about quiting suboxone and just toughing it out.

i've only been on fora month and a half and i want to get off as soon as possible. I've started cutting a quarter off each pill a week, should i go slower, or does this seem like the right kind of taper.

Now I like the suboxone and have taking it fora month, longer that I shot up. I take it about 3-4 times aweek about 12mg, really just recreational. Can I cold turkey stop it since its just been a month or should I tapper? I only have 3/8mg strips left I could cut in 4ths. Or should I just stop? I read it is also a mental thing so am also concerned with that but don't want any wd from that. Not sure of I've been on it long enough to have wd but this recreational stuff is for the birds.

First, congratulations on taking steps to make a better life for yourself. It's hard but worth it.
I'ts difficult to know where to start. I could discuss the issues surrounding buprenorphine (suboxone) treatment for hours. Let's start with this website:
Http://Helpmegetoffdrugs.com
This website is from "The National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment (NAABT)", so they have a particular view of suboxone for treatment of addiction.

I have to say that suboxone is a very strong medication to turn to fora 3-4pill/day habit of hydro. I know how hard it is to quit and more importantly to stay clean, but maybe you should try to kick your current habit and see a doc for your depresson issues. After quitting opiates our brains take time to regain their ability to produce sufficient amounts of its own natural chemicals (norepenephrine/dopamine/serotonin), leading to feelings of depression/anxiety.

I finally went to an addiction psychologist who put me on suboxone.. I have been taking suboxonefora year now. i know that my doc is leading me on to get his money every moneth. I was the one who sugested taking less of gthe sub. I want to be free of it but he never mentions taking less. I am glad that I have ahd him to help me but i also know he is stringing me along so ne gets nis hundred a month from me. What should I do?

i do know that ppl have had severe w/ds coming off. when you get down to .5 a day for 2 weeks try taking just 1mg every other day foraweek then 1 every third day for a week. most ppl say that helps them...good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

I have managed to get down to 1/2 mg per day. How often should I continue to lower from here...once aweek, twice aweek...etc. My Dr. suggested that I go one day without taking it, but I get very agitated and sick to my stomach. I'm not real sure how much is physical and how much is psychological. What is your suggestion.
Thank you!

but when she started on Sub it was actually 3 x a day, for the first (I think 5 days) and then 2 x a day fora few days and then to one time a day. When your addiction is totally out of control they will have you dose a few times a day to keep you from relapsing it is a lot mental and as you know physical but the goal in a week is to get you to one tablet a day...... two fold to break the cycle of railing oxy on an hourly basis and physically to adjust your body.

5 foraweek. Then down to 1mg fora few days, then cut that in half fora few more days. You will get to the point where you are taking literally crumbs. Something else that I have heard that works - if you are taking once dose in the morning each day, try dosing every other day - that will get the medication out of your system quicker because of the long half life. Once you get down to about 1/4mg, you should be able to stop.

See if your doctor can write you a prescription for some Requip for restlessness, Neurontin for anxiety and malaise, some Flexeril or Soma for a few weeks for muscle spasms and maybe some Seroquel low dose, for sleep and Klonopin which will be helpful for sleeplessness and anxiety. It will make your withdrawals easier. Valerian and Magnesium is sometimes helpful remedies over the counter.
The residual symptoms of insomnia and depression can last another few months.

she skipped withdrawals...only used it foraweek...the battle is mental tho and goes on fora long long time...unless u r totally mentally ready...the sub will not help with that when used short term...sub wont help with long term as people can still find a way to use on the sub....it can actually become a drug of choice for many....gotta be ready mentally and seek aftercare as well to keep u strong...

Suboxone doctors around here require you be on 30 mg of methadone, not more, and not just ON it, but comfortable on it, and then you have to stop taking methadone for 3 days before starting suboxone. The reason for that is that suboxone knocks any opiate on your dopamine receptors off. (methadone is a very long acting opiate) Right off, and it fills up the dopamine receptors taking the place of the opiate. And it is only a partial opiate agonist and gives NO euphoric or high feeling.

Call your local Adapt Research center. I live in a 20,000 population town and we have one. They are doing a suboxone study and everything is free. I told them, heck i'd pay and be glad to get help. They are awesome people. From the Dr, to the counselor. They told me this study is going on nationwide. Good luck.

OMG -- 16 mg?? That is one huge dose of Sub. I was addicted to 140 mg/day of Oxycontin and started on Sub at 2 mg twice a day. Then I tapered from there but not fast enough to avoid some really horrid W/D's -- I was on Sub for 21 days. My opinion is that Sub should only be taken as needed to avoid the really really bad W/D's.

he has been attending NA meetings and has counseling through another service here in town..... Court Ordered....... but he only has to go to NA once aweekfor court..... he went last night, and he is gone again tonight..... I hope this means he is serious about quitting this stuff .... it so prevelant where we live (Eastern Kentucky) it is known as Hillbilly Heroin ..... he has lost 5-6 friends bc of this **** ...... there have been small town murders here bc of it also .......

From reading about it on here I have heard the withdrawals are so much worse than other pain meds. Sub is a very strong opiate. I have read that some recommend only using it fora week or so and start tapering off of it around the 3rd day.
Like I said, I personally don't know much about it. Someone will come along here shortly and help you out. Just be very careful with the sub as it is a replacement.

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